Sweet suites the treat at hotel made of cake

on 20/03/2013 00:00:00

The hotel within a hotel in Soho, central London, is the creation of more than 14 artists, who spent 2,000 hours baking and 900 hours decorating with more than 600kg of sugar.

Guests will be encouraged to eat their way through windows and walls clad with:

*2,000 macaroons;

*A rug made from 1,081 meringues hand-stitched together;

*20kg of marshmallow garlands;

*Windowsills built entirely of fudge;

*A bath filled with caramel-coated popcorn.

The bedside table even features edible books.

Built to promote a new range from Tate & Lyle Sugars, the hotel includes edible art across three floors and eight rooms.

Tate & Lyle Sugars spokesman James Whiteley said: "We think the cake hotel perfectly captures the excitement, inspiration and expertise behind the creation of our new range of golden and brown cane sugars.

"We hope that through the cake hotel we can showcase the versatility of golden and brown cane sugars and inspire people to get creative in the kitchen."

Eight tasting rooms include a Mediterranean-inspired bedroom with 10m of edible bunting, and a Pirates of the Caribbean room with a treasure chest full of edible pearls, ginger spiced doubloons and cutlasses.

Other tasty creations include a British-inspired golden syrup sugar room and a South Pacific room with a 2m high Easter Island statue made entirely of chocolate mud cake.